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​February 10th

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February 9th

Lowestoft: nine Purple Sandpipers 500m north of Ness Point.

Minsmere: four Bewick's Swans, 4+ Caspian Gulls and a Water Pipit.

Aldeburgh Estuary: the Great Northern Diver again off the old Brick Dock.

Aldeburgh Marsh: 264 Eurasian White-fronted Geese and five Water Pipits.

Hollesley Marsh: a Short-eared Owl by the power lines.

Chelmondiston: a Black-throated Diver off Clamp House Marsh.

Holbrook: four Hawfinches again around the churchyard.

Flatford: 2+ Hawfinches again in trees west of the entrance to short path leading to Judas Gap.

Gifford's Flash: a Hawfinch by the road near East Lodge.

 

February 8th

Minsmere: a juvenile Glaucous Gull on East Scrape.

Sizewell: likely the same juvenile Glaucous Gull seen at Minsmere was by the Sizewell B outflow.

Aldeburgh Estuary: a juvenile Great Northern Diver off the old Brick Dock plus a Merlin towards Hazlewood Marsh.

Aldeburgh Marsh: 150 Eurasian White-fronted Geese and a Merlin.

Melton: two Slavonian Grebes reported on the river.

Holbrook: five Hawfinches again around the churchyard.

Flatford: seven Hawfinches again in trees west of the entrance to short path leading to Judas Gap.

 

February 7th

Southwold: a Sooty Shearwater close in, heading north offshore.

Minsmere: a juvenile Glaucous Gull on the South Levels plus 20+ Caspian Gulls around the reserve.

Aldeburgh Estuary: a juvenile Great Northern Diver off the old Brick Dock.

Stour Estuary: a Shag just up river from Harwich docks.

Holbrook: five Hawfinches again in the churchyard.

Lower Holbrook: two Slavonian Grebes in Holbrook Bay.

 

February 6th

Somerleyton: two Cattle Egrets along Slugs Lane.

Corton: a Firecrest again in Corton woods.

Aldeburgh Estuary: a juvenile Great Northern Diver off the old Brick Dock.

Felixstowe Ferry: eight Tundra Bean Geese flew north and a Jack Snipe along the river wall. A Cattle Egret still in the meadow behind Gulpher Farm.

Loompit Lake: both the Pink-footed Goose and a Tundra Bean Goose present plus four Eurasian White-fronted Geese.

Freston: a Black-throated Diver off Stoke Sailing Club.

Holbrook: five Hawfinches again in the churchyard.

 

February 5th

Somerleyton: six Cattle Egrets along Slugs Lane.

Corton: two Firecrests and a Ring-necked Parakeet at the north end of Corton woods.

Kessingland: the Shore Lark still present, just south of the last caravan.

Minsmere: six Bewick's Swans still on East Scrape.

North Warren: 70+ Eurasian White-fronted Geese on North Marsh.

Aldeburgh Estuary: a juvenile Great Northern Diver off the old Brick Dock plus a Merlin at Aldeburgh Marsh.

Hollesley Marsh: a Cattle Egret in the field below the prison, a single Pink-footed Goose and two Short-eared Owls between the site and Shingle Street.

Kingsfleet: five Corn Buntings on the track down from Deben Lodge.

Wherstead: a Black-throated Diver off the Strand.

Holbrook: two Hawfinches again in the churchyard.

Bury St Edmunds: between 18 and 20 Ring-necked Parakeets noted in the town recently.

Hengrave: up to nine Ring-necked Parakeet recently.

 

February 4th

Burgh Castle: a male Hen Harrier viewed from the fort.

Minsmere: six Bewick's Swans, four Whooper Swan and a first-winter Common Gull, thought to be subspecies heinei. It has also been seen at Sizewell pig fields.

Hollesley Marsh: a Cattle Egret in the field below the prison and two Caspian Gulls, an adult and a first-winter.

Kirton Creek: two Whooper Swans.

Kingsfleet: eight Corn Buntings.

Holbrook: five Hawfinches again in the churchyard.

Flatford: a Hawfinch again in trees west of the entrance to short path leading to Judas Gap.

 

February 3rd

Covehithe Broad: seven Whooper Swans, three Bewick's Swans that later flew south over Covehithe Broad plus three Scaup.

Wangford: five Cattle Egrets still in the field opposite the entrance to Henham quarry.

Hollesley Marsh: a Cattle Egret in the field below the prison.

Loompit Lake: both the Pink-footed Goose and a Tundra Bean Goose present plus four Eurasian White-fronted Geese.

Wherstead: a Black-throated Diver down river from the Orwell Bridge.

Holbrook: the Hawfinches again in the churchyard.

 

February 2nd

Fritton Mound: two male Hen Harriers and two Short-eared Owls looking onto Haddiscoe Marshes, with both species flying into Suffolk.

Covehithe Broad: two Scaup again present plus two Bewick's Swans.

Minsmere: a Water Pipit from Island Mere hide.

Botany Marsh: the HOODED CROW still present.

Boyton Marsh: 271 Eurasian White-fronted Geese.

Hollesley Marsh: a Cattle Egret in the field below the prison and a Short-eared Owl along the river wall.

Woodbridge: a Firecrest a Kyson Point.

Ipswich: a Raven over Stoke Park Drive.

Holbrook: five Hawfinches again in the churchyard.

Cattawade: a Water Pipit east of the A137.

Flatford: seven Hawfinches south-west of Judas Gap (51.9538, 1.0195).

 

February 1st

Somerleyton: three Cattle Egrets along Slugs Lane.

Carlton Marsh: seven Cattle Egrets left the roost early morning.

Walberswick: c.50 Snow Buntings still along the beach between Walberswick and Dunwich.

Dunwich: a Long-tailed Duck off the car park, drifting north.

Minsmere: a Raven, a Whooper Swan, four Bewick's Swans, a Goosander and a Purple Sandpiper. Two Cranes on Island Mere.

Botany Marsh: the HOODED CROW still present.

Boyton Marsh: 160+ Eurasian White-fronted Geese and a Short-eared Owl hunting between the reserve and the pumping station.

Orwell estuary: a Great Northern Diver off Clamp House, Chelmondiston.

Shotley: four Cattle Egrets in fields along the B1456.

Erwarton: both male and female Hen Harrier seen at Sop Corner.

Holbrook: five Hawfinches in the churchyard.

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